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New poll reveals far left’s embrace of anti-Semitic tropes

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Four-fifths of self-identified “progressive” and “very liberal” likely voters in the U.S. believe Jewish Americans have “unfair advantages” that need to be addressed, according to a new poll conducted by the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values...
New York Democratic congressional candidate Dan Goldman participates in the New York City Pride Parade on June 26, 2022. Credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.

Anti-Israel candidate loses in New York primary; Nadler gets 16th term, defeating MaloneyIn the...

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Jewish Democrats in New York managed to avoid adding another progressive candidate whose position on Israel and BDS had elicited concerns over the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s primaries. Levi Strauss heir and former federal...
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) with Naveen Ayesh, a government relations coordinator for the St. Louis Chapter of the American Muslims for Palestine, at a campaign event. Source: Twitter.

Rep. Cori Bush under fire for fundraising with activist who wants to ‘burn every...

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Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is under fire from Jewish groups and her opponent in the upcoming Missouri Democratic primary for fundraising and associating with an anti-Semitic activist who once said she wants to burn...
Bernie Sanders in Boston on Feb. 29, 2020. Credit: Lauryn Allen/Shutterstock.

Who’s winning Bernie Sanders’s war on AIPAC?

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Last week, 57 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter calling on the U.S. State Department and the FBI to launch an investigation into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) delivering a speech at the American Muslims for Palestine convention in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2019. Credit: American Muslims for Palestine.

Let’s talk about the ‘nakba’ and who’s really responsible for Palestinian suffering

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Resolutions proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives mean nothing. They give members an opportunity to pay lip service to various causes favored by their constituents but don’t commit the government to action. They...
Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) Credit: U.S. House of Representatives Official Portrait.

Progressives introduce motion slamming Israel’s decision to blacklist Palestinian NGOs

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Several progressive Democrats introduced an resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday criticizing the decision by Israel to declare six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations. Sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), it recognizes...
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Gantz names six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups, US asks Israel to clarify

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Friday that six Palestinian NGOs will be listed as terror organizations for their close ties with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). “Those organizations were...
Comedian and actor Sarah Silverman. Credit: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.

Comedian Sarah Silverman calls out ‘Squad’ for trying to block Iron Dome funding

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Jewish comedian and actor Sarah Silverman criticized “The Squad” of left-wing Democratic lawmakers over recent attempts to block U.S. funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system. Referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)...
An Iron Dome air-defense battery set near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 14, 2014. Photo by David Buimovitch/Flash90.

The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco

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According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, this was merely a “technicality” that would...
The U.S. Capitol building. Credit: Tupungato/Shutterstock.

Bennett, Gantz thank US after lawmakers overwhelmingly approve Iron Dome funding

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz posted messages of thanks to the United States minutes after the House of Representatives voted in favor of supplying Israel with $1 billion worth...